Baytown Briefs (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 07, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1959 Page: 3 of 6
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Baytown Briefs • May 8, 1959
Management Restates Its
• Bargaining Philosophy
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New Milestone Reached
Mae Johnson tells fellow credit union
Daniel lifts his daugh-
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Humble Day Schedule Shows
Tomorrow Is Going To Be
Day Of Food, Entertainment
Using Power
Mower? Watch
Baytown Refinery
April 29, 1959
The credit union’s assets have doubled during the past four years.
The organization reached its first million in April of 1955.
employee Mrs. Betsy Watson,
Editor's Note: The following bulletin teas distributed to super-
visors on April 29, 1959. Because of its interest to employees
generally it is being reproduced here.
mowing—never
gine.
3) Don’t use ;
an electric mower
who received the deposit from Sallie Claire as
ter up to the window.
. . . the S. S. Nicholaus used to be chartered by the Humble Club
to carry passengers from the refinery Docks to Sylvan Beach for
Humble Day? This picture, dug up out of old Humble files, was
taken on Humble Day in 1923 when the Nicholaus slopped at the
Humble Docks to pick up pas-
MEK Plant To Come Down
The MEK plant will be taken
out of production this weekend
for inspection and repairs. It will
be down for about 10 or 15 days.
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that morning to be among the I
first to land at Sylvan Beach i
and get into the barbecue line.
Many employees living near
the plant simply drove their
Medel Ts to the Dock area !
and went the rest of the way
by water. Attendance in those
days ran around 1,500, as
compared to about 10,000
nowadays.
Blomstrom, by the way, has
grown quite a lot since the
knicker-wearing days when the
picture above was taken. That’s
him at the right as he looked
last Monday when he was hard
at work in the Central Shop.
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Assets of the Baytown Employees Federal Credit Union reached
a new milestone last week when Sallie Claire Daniel, 3-year-old
daughter of Walter G. Daniel, Technical, deposited some money in
her share account, which she adds to regularly as a college educa-
tion fund.
“This is the 2,000,000th dollar we’ve been waiting on,” Mrs. Anna
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DEPARTMENT HEADS, FOREMEN AND SUPERVISORS
It seems timely that supervisors be informed with reference to
Management’s basic position regarding ils contracts with bargaining
agencies and with reference to its approach to current contract nego-
tiations.
Management feels that if we arc to have sound contracts they must
meet the essential needs both of the employees for whom the unions
negotiate and of the Company. Taking up first the needs of the Com-
pany, we feel that the right of Management to maintain and increase
the efficiency of operations must be safeguarded so that we may
maintain our competitive position, which is necessary if we are to
preserve the Company’s investment and profits; in turn, insuring
the success of the Company is the most constructive means by which
the interests of all employees of the Company can be served. To do
this, Management must retain the right to direct and control the
working force and to maintain employee discipline. The unions, on
the other hand, are legitimately concerned with employee job secur-
ity, with the preservation of employee gains thus far obtained, with
the advancement of such gains where possible, and with the preser-
vation of their own security as unions. Maintenance of proper rela-
tionships between the Company and unions requires that Manage-
ment have the right to administrative initiative—that is, the right
to make decisions and put them into effect—and that this right be
balanced by the unions’ right to protest and appeal Management
decisions and to obtain adjustments for wrongs inflicted by incorrect
decisions.
Through the years in its negotiation and application of labor
contracts Management has striven to provide for and serve both the
needs of the Company as a whole and of the employees for whom
the unions negotiate contracts and bargain collectively. Manage-
ment’s approach in current contract negotiations is that it must re-
tain control of the essential Management functions, but that it is
willing to make such concessions to the unions as can be made with-
out destroying Management’s proper function of directing and con-
trolling operations.
Management feels that union contracts now and in the future, as
in the past, must continue to maintain a proper and workable rela-
ship between the Company and the unions which represent the em-
ployees. The preservation of Management’s essential right to direct
and control operations in the best interests of all is a necessary fea-
ture of that relationship.
from the Mary Beth McDon-
ald School of Charm and
Modeling in Houston; Miss
Georgia Creighton, who has
had many leading roles in
theater plays in Houston;
and Tim Osborne, news di-
rector of Radio Station
KTRH. Bob Burke, well-
known master of ceremonies
in the Houston area, will
serve as master of cere-
monies for the beauty con-
test. Miss Gayle Purvis, last
year’s beauty queen, will
place the crown on the new
queen.
6:00 p.m. Barbecue lines
close. Swimming pool
closes.
7:30 p.m. Clubhouse and
picnic grounds close.
8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Free dance for teenagers at
Community Building No. 1
with Russell Jackson or-
chestra.
9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dance
for adults at Sylvan Beach
dance pavilion with Ed Sul-
livan orchestra. Admission
is $2 per couple for mem-
bers and $3 per couple for
guests.
9:00 a.m. Humble Tennis
Club vs. Houston Office
Tennis Club.
10:00 a.m. Humble Day of-
ficially starts. Children’s
rides open. Swimming pool
opens. Other entertainment
starts. Barbecue lines open.
11:00 a.m.-ll:45 a.m.
Dance recital in Clubhouse.
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Band concert, Robert E.
Lee Band.
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Golf-driving and putting
contest.
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Dance in Clubhouse to juke
box music.
2:00 p.m. Softball game,
Humble Hot Waler League.
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Square dance in Clubhouse
with Odessa Chuck Wagon
Gang band.
3:00p.m. Girls volleyball
game.
3:30 p.m. Bayshore Rod,
Reel, Gun Club casting
demonstration.
4:00 p.m. Little Miss Hum-
ble Day contest and bath-
ing beauty contest. Judges
will be Miss Vicci Raines I
Those Toes
Safety engineers estimate
that more than 50,000 toes
will be “hacked off” or other-
wise injured this year be-
cause of improper operation
of power lawn mowers. They
also estimate that about 18,-
000 people will suffer hand
injuries from whirling blades
and unguarded parts on these
mowers.
Unfortunately, about 14 per
cent of the injuries inflicted by
power mowers are serious
enough to result in some form
of disability. Last year five Bay-
town refinery employees received
injuries which kept them from
their jobs. One of these men lost
a finger while the other four
were hit by objects hurled al
them by rotary mowers.
The gasoline rotary-type
mower, already standard equip-
ment in nearly a third of the
nation’s homes (about 3,000,000
are sold each year), is involved
in about 80 percent of lawn ac-
cidents, probably because it is
used more frequently and also
because of the inherent danger
of rapidly revolving blades. Ob-
jects struck by the blades are
flung out with the speed of a bul-
let and the blades themselves
have a guillotine effect on what-
ever they contact.
As might be expected, nearly
70 per cent of all mower injuries
involve the toes or feet. Many
of the injuries occurred while
victims were pulling the mower
backward, turning corners, or
maneuvering in tight places.
Many of the injuries occurred
on terraces or uneven ground.
Of course, one of the best
safeguards against fool injuries
is wearing safely shoes. Other
precautions that power mower
operators can take to prevent in-
juries are:
1) Before mowing the lawn,
clear it of stones, wire and other
debris.
2) Check fuel supply before
sengers for the short trip to
Sylvan Beach. The young man
under the arrow? That’s K. A.
Blomstrom, welder, one of the
eager passengers who gathered
at the Docks bright and early
when grass is wet, even if mower
is grounded.
4) Keep children away when
mower is in operation.
5) When starling the engine,
stand with feet firmly planted in
a safe place. When operating,
keep in step with mower. Don’t
lag behind or let it pull you.
6) Learn to disengage clutch
or slop motor quickly. Shut off
motor whenever you leave
mower, even for a short period.
7) Be sure chain and bell
guards are in place while engine
is running. Make adjustments
only when engine is fully
stopped.
8) On inclines and terraces, be
sure of your footing and balance.
9) Don’t tamper with the gov-
ernor or try to speed up the en-
gine of a rolory motor.
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